Xbox One: State of Decay Year One Survival Edition release date announced

MICROSOFT have announced the release date of State of Decay: Year One Survival Edition on the Xbox One.

Microsoft have announced the release date of State of Decay: Year One Survival Edition on the Xbox O

The Undead Labs title will be launched April 28, 2015, and will boast new vehicles, weapons, mission types, as well as upgraded 1080p visuals.

State of Decay puts you in the centre of a zombie apocalypse in the fictitious Trumbull Valley where players must build a band of survivors under your control and figure out a way to stay alive long enough to escape.

In Year-One Survival Edition, along with the base game, you get both DLCs: Breakdown and Lifeline, with the latter including a different location (Danforth) and a new playable military unit, Greyhound One.

An Xbox Wire post revealed: "New textures add an increased level of detail to the world, and the lighting changes make day more vibrant... and night more treacherous. The increased draw distance lets you see zombie hordes coming from way down the road, giving you more time to prepare (or panic).

"But State of Decay is really about the people, and developer Undead Labs made improvements to them as well.

"New animations make both humans and zombies move more fluidly and realistically, while an improved interface makes it easier for players to manage items, equip weapons, and make snap decisions during an intense horde attack. On top that, some of the characters from the Lifeline expansion are now playable in the Breakdown expansion."

Everyone who already owns the Xbox 360 version receives a 33% discount on Year-One Survival Edition when it hits Xbox One later this year, Microsoft have confirmed

Returning players also receive a new exclusive character, the sword-wielding Gurubani.